Chapter 9
After a while, 12 strong soldiers in armor came to the gate of the big court together, and shouted in unison:

"General"

"Well, you guys get up and stand up first."

"promise"

Yuan Wenshao motioned Cherry to go behind the screen and let her have a look.

Cherry paced forward shyly, looking back at Mrs. Yuan and Yuan Wenshao as she walked. say what.

After watching for a while, no one responded, Cherry also resigned to her fate, went behind the screen to watch carefully, and finally chose a young and handsome man named Huai Dayou,
Yuan Wenshao knew him. Huai Dayou said he was good-looking, but he was honest and honest. His family was on Shaanxi Road, the most northwest of the Song Dynasty. Northwest even arranged for an officer for him, but he was not happy, saying that it would be better to stay with the general.

He ordered the others to go back first, then called Huai Dayou in, and told him the matter. This kid is also a decisive leader in the battlefield. When he saw a beautiful girl, he was still a little shy, and replied:

"But let the general decide!"

"Well, good!" After finishing speaking, Yuan Wenshao gestured to Hua Lan, asking her, the mistress, to say something polite. Hua Lan was also very happy, and said something about mutual respect and love, hardworking and thrifty housekeeping. After speaking on the spot, she ordered her personal envoy to take 50 taels of silver as a congratulatory gift for them.

Yuan Wenshao saw that Hualan was doing well, so he ordered them all to go down, leaving only Yuan Wenshao and Mrs. Yuan.

Yuan Wenshao looked at the angry Mrs. Yuan and said:

"Mother, don't be angry. You are so anxious when I just got married. It's not good to hear it. How can I face Hua Lan and his father-in-law? Although the Sheng family is not a wealthy family, it is also a pure and prestigious one (Old Master Sheng Hong will handle things.) The deceased Old Master Sheng also had a lot of old friends from Tanhua, and his power in the court is not weak, so what are you doing so anxiously to embarrass his daughter!"

As he spoke, he picked up the tea bowl on the table and took a sip of tea, then said:

"Besides, in a noble family like ours, the eldest son must be born first, so that the house can be peaceful. You see, there is a capable eldest son in the Earl's Mansion of Yongchang. There are a lot of things at home every day. Only when the house is peaceful can his official career go smoothly. You What about mother?"

Yuan Wenshao felt that there was nothing he could do about having a muddle-headed mother, he could only act both softly and hard.

When Mrs. Yuan was sent away, Yuan Wenshao was just about to go to the backyard to look for Hua Lan, when he heard a report from the servant that a father-in-law had come to the front door to announce the decree, so Yuan Wenshao hurried over.

It turned out that the emperor urgently recruited Yuan Wenshao to enter the palace to face the saint. Yuan Wenshao gave this father-in-law a 50 tael silver ticket. After some inquiries, he only said that he would recruit several generals to enter the palace.

Yuan Wenshao didn't say much, changed into court clothes, and hurried to the palace on horseback.

When we arrived at the Chongde Palace, apart from a few grand ministers and six ministers, they were military generals, British princes, Ningyuanhou, etc., and the newly named Dingyuanhou, Yong'anbo, Yongdingbo, and Yongwubo were all there, and the atmosphere was more dignified.

After waiting for a while, Zhou Renzong also walked in with a serious face. After sitting down, he motioned for Master Han to introduce the situation.

The Xixia is different from the previous Uighurs. The Uighurs are just a nomadic tribe, basically attached to the Xixia, living in the gap between Tubo and Xixia. In the Hehuang area, they can be regarded as a subsidiary of Xixia. regime,

At this time, Xixia was in its heyday, with the lands of Xia, Yin, Sui, You, Jing, Ling, Hui, Sheng, Gan, Liang, Gua, Sha, and Su, namely northern Ningxia, a small part of Gansu, northern Shaanxi, Eastern Qinghai and parts of Inner Mongolia.

Xixia currently has more than 50 troops, of which 10 cavalry and 40 infantry are elite troops. At the beginning of the founding of Xixia, they defeated Liao Xingzong who brought 10 elite imperial chariots. Xia and Zhou also broke out three times. The battles of the three battles of Chuankou, Haoshuichuan, and Linfufeng were basically won by Xia and defeated by Zhou, and tens of thousands of Northwest elites were lost.

After Mr. Han’s introduction, Xixia handed over the letter of credence, which roughly means that the reason for Xixia’s march this time is that Uighur is the sphere of influence of Xixia. Without Xixia’s permission, Da Song rushed to start with Uighur, and the younger brother was beaten. The eldest brother has to come out to ask for an explanation, the old coins and so on have to be doubled, and the Uighur younger brother has to be compensated, etc.

Of course, Da Zhou disagreed. If the old coins were increased without a battle, what face would Da Zhou have? Besides, what should Daliao in the north also ask for an increase in the old coins? I have been losing before, but fortunately, although I have been losing all the time, I have never lost a city, and if I lose it for a while, I will immediately regain it.

In the end, everyone discussed and discussed. In any case, we should increase troops first, or the old routine of focusing on defense and waiting for opportunities.

The places where Dazhou and Xixia came into contact were mainly the two battlefields of Shaanxi Road and Hedong area. In the previous wars, Xixia entered Shaanxi Road, and the four states of Qinzhou, Weizhou, Qingzhou, and Yanzhou on Shaanxi Road came into contact with Xixia. Each state has [-] Northwest Army.

Fengzhou in the Hedong area, where there is less fighting, has the Wang family, the Zhe family in Fuzhou, and the Yang family in Linzhou. They are all local wealthy leaders who have feuds with Xixia. Although there are not many soldiers, they are all elite soldiers. Both the Hezhe family and the Zhe family have been guarding the Fan family for generations, but they have been Sinicized for a long time and have been guarding the frontier for the Great Zhou.

Finally, after deliberation, it was decided that Yingying Gong (Zhang Fu) would be the envoy of the Shaanxi Road Jiedu, Yong'anbo (Deng Tianhe), Yongdingbo (Wang Jitong), and Yongwubo (Chai Zhiwen) would be the deputy generals. A total of [-] troops from the Yongying Battalion rushed to the aid of Shaanxi Road. Marquis Dingyuan (Pu Zhigao) served as the Jiedu Envoy of the East Road, Zhongyong Bo (Yuan Wenshao) and General Zhang Kang were the deputy generals, leading [-] troops from the Fen, Yao, Lian, and Sanwu Battalions to help East Road.

The military situation was urgent, everyone went back to the barracks to reorganize the army, Yuan Wenshao left the palace, and led his soldiers to the Fenwu Camp in the Western Suburbs.

The generals gathered with drums and announced the military order to rush to the east of the river, and then sent the soldiers back to the earl's mansion to tell Hualan that he was going to send troops.

(End of this chapter)

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